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- US4551925A US4551925A US06/239,587 US23958781A US4551925A US 4551925 A US4551925 A US 4551925A US 23958781 A US23958781 A US 23958781A US 4551925 A US4551925 A US 4551925A
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F26—DRYING
- F26B—DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM
- F26B3/00—Drying solid materials or objects by processes involving the application of heat
- F26B3/28—Drying solid materials or objects by processes involving the application of heat by radiation, e.g. from the sun
- F26B3/283—Drying solid materials or objects by processes involving the application of heat by radiation, e.g. from the sun in combination with convection
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
- B41F23/00—Devices for treating the surfaces of sheets, webs, or other articles in connection with printing
- B41F23/04—Devices for treating the surfaces of sheets, webs, or other articles in connection with printing by heat drying, by cooling, by applying powders
- B41F23/0483—Drying combined with cooling
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- the present invention relates to a drier, and above all to a drier of a type which is intended for drying printing ink applied to a material by a printing machine, for example a silk screen printing machine.
- the drier incorporates a conveyor device consisting of a means of supporting the material as it passes through the drier and at least two organs which emit ultra-violet radiation, UV radiation, for the purpose of drying and/or hardening the printing ink.
- the aim of the invention is also to provide details of a drier which is capable not only of drying printing ink which may be hardened by UV radiation, but also of drying solvent-based printing inks.
- the drying process and the drying methods which may be involved are determined by the chemical composition of the ink and of the printed material.
- driers which make use of organs which emit ultra-violet radiation.
- the ultra-violet radiation hardens the printing ink which is usually applied to glass, sheet metal and printed circuit boards.
- a drier which makes use of UV radiation is very simple, since one or more organs which emit UV radiation are installed above the conveyor, usually in the form of a gas discharge tube which emits very intense UV radiation and which will cause the printing ink to harden in a matter of seconds.
- driers which make use of organs which emit ultra-violet radiation do suffer from the disadvantage that, although the actual hardening process as such may take place at ambient temperature, the mercury lamps which are currently available are designed in such a way that they will emit UV radiation only after having reached a high operating temperature. It is not unusual for the lamp to be required to reach a temperature of between 600° and 700° C. It will be appreciated that a considerable amount of heat output will thus be lost and is not required for the purpose of hardening the printing ink.
- a drier which uses UV radiation must, as a rule, have two or more lamps positioned adjacent to each other in order to produce radiation of sufficient intensity to thoroughly harden the relatively thick layers of ink.
- the heat emission referred to above is of only marginal significance to the hardening of printing ink on glass or sheet metal and that the thermal radiation speeds up the hardening process to a certain extent, but that where hardenable printing inks are applied to temperature-sensitive materials such as paper and plastic the result will usually be contraction and in certain cases deformation of the material.
- the aim of the present invention is to provide details of a drier of such a kind that when printing ink is applied to a material which is temperature-sensitive hardening may still take place in the drier without major contraction of the material occurring.
- a drier of such a nature that it is not only capable of hardening printing ink by means of UV radiation, but is also suitable for drying solvent-based printing inks.
- the present invention describes a drier, intended above all for drying printing ink applied to a material by a printing machine, especially a silk screen printing machine.
- the drier incorporates a conveyor device consisting of a means of supporting the material as it passes through the drier and at least two organs which emit UV radiation for the purpose of drying and/or hardening the printing ink.
- This arrangement thus enables the section between the organs to be used for treating the material with air, preferably chilled air, thereby eliminating the disadvantage described previously.
- the present invention also describes a possibility of using the drier for solvent-based printing inks, when the organs which emit ultra-violet radiation may be disconnected and ordinary air or heated air used for drying the solvent-based printing ink in the section between the organs.
- the organs which emit UV radiation may also be appropriate for the organs which emit UV radiation to be left connected during the drying of solvent-based printing inks, thus enabling use to be made of the waste heat produced by the organ which emits UV radiation.
- the power source to which the organs which emit UV radiation are connected may also be appropriate for the power source to which the organs which emit UV radiation are connected to be disconnected; with the power source being used for heating the air used for drying the solvent-based printing inks.
- FIG. 1 is a side view sectional view of part of a drier from which the principle of the present invention may be appreciated;
- FIG. 2 is a graph of the temperature variations within the material as it passes through the drier.
- the present invention relates to a drier, said drier being intended above all for drying printing ink applied to a material by a printing machine.
- FIG. 1 show a printing machine, preferably a silk screen printing machine designed to apply printing ink to a material.
- the material shown in FIG. 1 has been identified with the reference 1 and the printing ink applied by the printing machine has been identified with the reference 2.
- a drier 3 incorporates a conveyor device 4 in the form of a belt resting on a number of rollers 5. The conveyor belt 4 together with the rollers 5 thus constitute a means of supporting the material 1 as it passes through the drier.
- This embodiment also contains at least two, and in the case of the preferred embodiment three organs 6, 6a and 6b which emit UV radiation for the purpose of drying and/or hardening the printing ink, although their number is not critical to the function of the invention.
- the two organs 6, 6a which emit UV radiation are located at such a distance from each other that a material 1 which passes beneath the first organ 6, where it is exposed on the one hand to UV radiation 6' for the purpose of hardening the printing ink 2 and on the other hand to the heat emitted by the organ 6 which emits UV radiation, will be able to pass through a section 7 which will cause the temperature of the material 1 and of the layer of ink 2 which has been applied to it to fall before the material moves over to the second organ 6a, where it is exposed to UV radiation 6a' for the purpose of further hardening of the printing ink on the one hand, and on the other hand is exposed to the heat emitted by the organ 6a which emits UV radiation.
- the section 7 between the organs 6 and 6a is designed in such a way as to enable the material 1 to be treated with air, preferably chilled air. It is also recommended that the air be allowed to pass through nozzles 8.
- Whether a group shall contain one or more organs is determined by the speed at which the material 1 passes through the drier, as well as by the nature of the material, the thickness of the printing ink and the facilities for cooling provided in the section 7.
- FIG. 2 shows the temperature curve "T" for the material 1 as it passes through the drier illustrated in FIG. 1.
- T temperature curve
- the section 6 There is a rise in temperature in the section 6" due to the heat, infra-red heat, produced by the organ which emits UV radiation, but as soon as the material 1 passes into the section 7, the material is acted upon by the air flowing through the nozzles 8, causing the material to cool, and as soon as the material enters the section 6a" there is a corresponding rise in temperature.
- the section 7' produces a further fall in temperature, and so on.
- FIG. 2 shows the temperatures at the end of sections 6" and 6a" to be essentially identical, it should nevertheless be borne in mind that a certain rise in temperature is permissible.
- the present invention also relates to a drier in which the material 1 to which a solvent-based printing ink 2 has been applied is subjected to drying in said drier, which may be done either by disconnecting the organs 6, 6a, 6b which emit UV radiation and exposing the printing ink 2 to treatment with air passing through the nozzles 8 in the section 7.
- organs 6, 6a and 6b it may be appropriate to leave said organs connected so that the infra-red radiation emitted by the organs will remove the solvent from the printing ink 2.
- a drier in accordance with the present invention which has been designed principally to provide effective hardening of a printing ink by organs which emit UV radiation may also be used for drying solvent-based printing inks by a process of evaporation.
- a drier in accordance with the present invention will be found to be particularly advantageous if the printing ink which has been applied to the material is in the form of a mixture of printing inks which on the one hand require the use of organs which emit UV radiation in order for them to harden, and which on the other hand require the use of vaporization and treatment with air in order to dry the solvent-based printing inks.
- the distance between the organs 6, 6a may, of course, be varied in accordance with the speed of the conveyor, the thickness of the ink, and the intensity of the organ which emits UV radiation, etc., although in practice this distance should be between 0.5 and 1.5 meters.
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| SE8100788 | 1981-02-03 | ||
| SE8100788A SE448699B (sv) | 1981-02-03 | 1981-02-03 | Torkanleggning |
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| US4551925A true US4551925A (en) | 1985-11-12 |
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| IT (1) | IT1142496B (sv) |
| SE (1) | SE448699B (sv) |
Cited By (10)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4646446A (en) * | 1985-11-04 | 1987-03-03 | American Screen Printing Equipment Company | UV curing apparatus |
| US4773167A (en) * | 1986-05-19 | 1988-09-27 | Amjo Infra Red Dryers, Inc. | Heater |
| US4781114A (en) * | 1985-07-10 | 1988-11-01 | Svecia Silkscreen Maskiner Ab | Silk-screen printing machine provided with a reciprocatingly movable squeegee arrangement |
| US5352315A (en) * | 1991-07-12 | 1994-10-04 | Ludlow Corporation | Biomedical electrode |
| US5405475A (en) * | 1993-05-28 | 1995-04-11 | Ward/Kraft | Method and apparatus for continuous manufacture of printed laminated stock from uncoated web |
| WO1999048691A1 (en) * | 1998-03-27 | 1999-09-30 | Niemer Guenter | Ventilated printing substance carrier in printing machines for multi-colour printing |
| US6312123B1 (en) | 1998-05-01 | 2001-11-06 | L&P Property Management Company | Method and apparatus for UV ink jet printing on fabric and combination printing and quilting thereby |
| US6726317B2 (en) | 1999-09-03 | 2004-04-27 | L&P Property Management Company | Method and apparatus for ink jet printing |
| EP1593919A2 (de) * | 2004-04-02 | 2005-11-09 | Firma arccure technologies GmbH | Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Härtung von radikalisch polymerisierbaren Beschichtungen |
| US20120328272A1 (en) * | 2010-04-30 | 2012-12-27 | Ngk Insulators, Ltd. | Coated film drying furnace |
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| BE757250A (en) * | 1970-10-08 | 1971-03-16 | Euripe Sprl | Appts for polymerisation of panel coating - compsn |
| US3894343A (en) * | 1972-06-15 | 1975-07-15 | Thermogenics Of New York | Ink curing and drying apparatus |
| US3900959A (en) * | 1973-05-07 | 1975-08-26 | Minnesota Mining & Mfg | Combined infra-red and air flow drying for photographic film |
| DE2460706A1 (de) * | 1974-12-18 | 1976-07-01 | Edmund Dreissig Maschinenbau | Vorrichtung zur uv-trocknung |
| US4257172A (en) * | 1979-01-22 | 1981-03-24 | Olympic Infra-Dry Inc. | Combination forced air and infrared dryer |
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| BE757250A (en) * | 1970-10-08 | 1971-03-16 | Euripe Sprl | Appts for polymerisation of panel coating - compsn |
| US3894343A (en) * | 1972-06-15 | 1975-07-15 | Thermogenics Of New York | Ink curing and drying apparatus |
| US3900959A (en) * | 1973-05-07 | 1975-08-26 | Minnesota Mining & Mfg | Combined infra-red and air flow drying for photographic film |
| DE2460706A1 (de) * | 1974-12-18 | 1976-07-01 | Edmund Dreissig Maschinenbau | Vorrichtung zur uv-trocknung |
| US4257172A (en) * | 1979-01-22 | 1981-03-24 | Olympic Infra-Dry Inc. | Combination forced air and infrared dryer |
Cited By (14)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4781114A (en) * | 1985-07-10 | 1988-11-01 | Svecia Silkscreen Maskiner Ab | Silk-screen printing machine provided with a reciprocatingly movable squeegee arrangement |
| US4646446A (en) * | 1985-11-04 | 1987-03-03 | American Screen Printing Equipment Company | UV curing apparatus |
| US4773167A (en) * | 1986-05-19 | 1988-09-27 | Amjo Infra Red Dryers, Inc. | Heater |
| US5352315A (en) * | 1991-07-12 | 1994-10-04 | Ludlow Corporation | Biomedical electrode |
| US5405475A (en) * | 1993-05-28 | 1995-04-11 | Ward/Kraft | Method and apparatus for continuous manufacture of printed laminated stock from uncoated web |
| WO1999048691A1 (en) * | 1998-03-27 | 1999-09-30 | Niemer Guenter | Ventilated printing substance carrier in printing machines for multi-colour printing |
| US6312123B1 (en) | 1998-05-01 | 2001-11-06 | L&P Property Management Company | Method and apparatus for UV ink jet printing on fabric and combination printing and quilting thereby |
| US6467898B2 (en) | 1999-09-03 | 2002-10-22 | L&P Property Management Company | Method and apparatus for ink jet printing on textiles |
| US6702438B2 (en) | 1999-09-03 | 2004-03-09 | L&P Property Management Company | Method and apparatus for ink jet printing on textiles |
| US6726317B2 (en) | 1999-09-03 | 2004-04-27 | L&P Property Management Company | Method and apparatus for ink jet printing |
| EP1593919A2 (de) * | 2004-04-02 | 2005-11-09 | Firma arccure technologies GmbH | Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Härtung von radikalisch polymerisierbaren Beschichtungen |
| EP1593919A3 (de) * | 2004-04-02 | 2006-04-05 | Firma arccure technologies GmbH | Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Härtung von radikalisch polymerisierbaren Beschichtungen |
| US20120328272A1 (en) * | 2010-04-30 | 2012-12-27 | Ngk Insulators, Ltd. | Coated film drying furnace |
| US8983280B2 (en) * | 2010-04-30 | 2015-03-17 | Ngk Insulators, Ltd. | Coated film drying furnace |
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| Publication number | Publication date |
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| IT8148281A0 (it) | 1981-04-14 |
| IT1142496B (it) | 1986-10-08 |
| SE448699B (sv) | 1987-03-16 |
| SE8100788L (sv) | 1982-08-04 |
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| AS | Assignment |
Owner name: SVECIA SILKSCREEN MASKINER AB, ERIKSBERGS INDUSTRI Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST.;ASSIGNOR:ERICSSON, SYLVE J. D.;REEL/FRAME:004445/0068 Effective date: 19850626 |
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| STCH | Information on status: patent discontinuation |
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